Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-02-02
LOCAL NEWS.


To-day is grounding day.
Now It is General" Sample.
&C. Ewart will likely be home this
week.
The days have heightened consid-
erably.
For cheap residence lots see Henry
Morgan. 81
Auction sales every day and evening
at the Famous. SO
For rent-a new two room house.
apply to Henry burst. "a
"The Last Loaf" was repeated last
night TO good house.
Allen, Overstreet Il Ellis have cheap
money and cause no delay. 80
Boots and shoes of all kinds made TO
measure at Wood Il Vincent's. 81
o. Rogers is i'm Wichita and hereafter
will spend most of his time there.
For Rent-The store room occupied
by Eli Smith. Apply to Henry Durst.
Capt. Estell is still confined to his
room. lie is having a long spell of
sickness.
7. The advance gard of the colony for
the neutral strip will leave here to-mor-
row morning.
The Cling hotel is making a speciality
of entertaining persons in attendance
ut district court.
a boy baby was born yesterday to
the wife of Louis Nelson. DR.. Davis
was i'm attendance.
Before you sign an application for
form loan, see Blair Il Ewart at the
First National Bank. 10
Elder Mcfarland, the new Christian
minister, is expected here in time to
hold services on Sunday.
Fine meal made at the Farmers Mill.
Beats anything of the kind on the mar
ket. Ask your grocer for it. 26
DIR. Kessler says he is coming back
here to live; and he further says he will
ring a stock OF drugs with him.
The ''orchestra" was good as far as
IL went, but II stopped too previous. a
few more instruments were needed.
Thos. Taylor, of Kiowa county, is in
the city. lie has been handling cattle
on the Medicine river for long time.
Mrs. II. NJ. Sparks was called to
Nevada, Mo, last Sunday to see her
sister, Mrs. Gray, who is dangerously
sick.
The protracted meeting in the Sex
ton neighborhOOd is attracting atten-
ton IL the entire southwest portion of
the county.
Misses Moore & Merchant expect TO
get into their new quarters, the room
now occupied by Ramsey & Sheldon,
about the 10Th inst.
Make up your mind now to improve
your property rs soon as spring opens.
Let each one help TO build up the city,
and thereby add to the value OF his own
property.
Bert Tull, from the northeast part
Of the county, has been studying den.
tistry with DIR. Yant. lie Is bright
young man and will likely make a sue
cess Of his undertaking.
II. NJ. Smith, of Canema, thinks that
the present winter is similar to that of
1870, which was followed by very dry
spring and summer. Let us hope that
this will not be the case.
Judge G. +. w Dassler, of Leaven-
worth, compiler of the statutes of
Kansas and author of several well
known works was here yesterday at
tending district court.
ID. A. Greever, n resident of this city,
until 1852, was here this week on his
way from Kansas City TO his ranch In
the Territory. lie has nearly recovered
his health, which for several years has
been very poor.
Arthur Wood, of Mingona, was at
Kingman, last week, and on his return
here, he stated that IL by voting bonds
20 the Kansas and Panhandle road,
Barber county will get up such boom
as is now on kingman county. that
every man in the townships interested
should vote for the bonds
II. VI opAihS htAa kitdAll lmpIhNtu
the road east of the Elm creek bridge
by hauling 100 loads Of hay aud refuse
and putting 70 over the sand. He says
that II he could get the cooperation of
the liverymen and merchants in this
city and the farmers east OF here that
n could do away with the sand draws.
Mr.. Oscar Andreen, travelling sales
man for The Garrison, Chappel x Prize
p paper company, of St. Louis, came in
on Saturday, and remained till Monday
afternoon, visiting friends, and taking
n critical look at our town and the sur
rounding country. Having been on the
road for many years, he ought to be a
good judge of such matters. and he
expresses himself rs being surprised
and delighted at the evidences Of Gull
ture and wealth which he saw on every
hand